Eugene "Jerry" Odell

Eugene Charles Jerry Odell Berlin, NH Opa to his family and members of WMRHS bands, field hockey, soccer and basketball teams of the 1990s passed away on Thursday April 5, 2012 in Berlin. Jerry Odell was born on June 26, 1921 to Ella (Schultz) and Eugene Dudley Odell in White Plains, NY. He attended schools in White Plains and graduated from White Plains High School in 1940. Jerry worked at Pratt and Whitney in Hartford, CT, prior to enlisting in the US Army Air Corps in 1942. He served overseas in Egypt, Iran and Iraq. He was discharged in 1946. He worked in the Berlin Post Office from 1948 until 1979 when he retired. Opa met his wife, Doris Mae Oma (Currier) of Berlin, NH, while working in Hartford, CT, and they were married in 1944. They were together until she passed away in 1989.Family members include two sons, Jon of Berlin and his partner Becky Merrow and Stephen of Portland, OR, and his wife, Lily (Zhou) Odell; four grandchildren, Jakob Odell and his wife Heather (McGinnis) of Albany, NH; Joshua Odell and his wife Paula Rodgers of Germantown, MD; Kristin Getbehead and her husband Jon of Atlanta, GA; and Allison Odell and her partner Scott Fudacz of Chicago, IL. He also leaves behind five great-grandchildren, Sophia and William Odell of Albany, NH, Dena and Hannah Getbehead of Atlanta, GA, and Wesley Odell of Germantown, MD. He was a member of the local square dance club, The Paper Town Pacers. Jerry attended St. Paul Lutheran Church. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made in his memory to St. Paul Lutheran Church, 101 Norway St., Berlin, NH 03570. At Opas request there will be no visiting hours. Funeral Services will be held on Friday April 20, 2012 at 11 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the Russian City Cemetery.